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The Undergraduate Major in English
ENGLISH MAJOR: LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE
REQUIRED COURSE: ENGL-345 Practical
Criticism
CORE COURSES: Choose 12 hours from the courses
listed below (one Major Author required):
Choose Three Survey
Courses: Choose One Major
Author:
ENGL-218 American Literature:
Beginnings to 1865 ENGL-314 Chaucer and His Age
ENGL-219 American Literature: 1865 to
Present ENGL-329 Milton
ENGL-221 English Literature: Beginnings
to c. 1750 ENGL-330 Shakespeare: Comedies and
Romances
ENGL-222 English Literature: 1750 to
Present ENGL-331 Shakespeare:
Tragedies
*NOTE: Students may choose only one Major
Author course to fulfill CORE COURSE requirements, but they may apply other
Major Author courses to their FREE ELECTIVES. Students should also be advised
that there is a limit of 5 200-level courses which may be applied to the English
major, so they might want to take a 300-level Major Author course to fulfill
CORE COURSE requirements and save a 200-level course for DIRECTED or FREE
ELECTIVES.
DIRECTED ELECTIVES: Choose 15 hours from the 4 categories
below, with no more than 9 hours from any one category.**
English Literature
ENGL-307
Medieval Literature: Arthurian Legend
ENGL-308
English Literature From Beowulf to Malory
ENGL-316 Forms
of Poetry
ENGL-321
Literature of the Romantic Movement
ENGL-323 Shaw
and Modern British Drama
ENGL-328 17th
Century Literature
ENGL-341
Restoration & 18th Century Literature I
ENGL-342
Restoration & 18th Century Literature II
ENGL-348 Prose
and Poetry of the Victorian Age
ENGL-350
Victorian Novel
ENGL-378 20th
Century Fiction I
ENGL-379 20th
Century Fiction II
International Literature
ENGL-300
Russian Literature
ENGL-302 Love
in Western Literature
ENGL-324
Romantic Novel
ENGL-326 World
Drama
ENGL-333 Mythological Bkgrds. in English
& American Lit.
ENGL-334
Biblical Bkgrds. in English & American Lit.
ENGL-337 Nobel
Laureates
ENGL-365 West
Indian Literature
ENGL-370
Folklore and the Fairy Tale
ENGL-371
Studies in Women's Literature
ENGL-373 Yiddish Literature in
Translation
American Literature
ENGL-312
Literature of Colonial Times
ENGL-313
American Literary Renaissance: 1830-1860
ENGL-318
Readings in American Literature
ENGL-322
American Short Story
ENGL-361
Development of the American Novel
ENGL-368
American Realism
ENGL-378 20th
Century Fiction I
ENGL-379 20th
Century Fiction II
ENGL-380
Multi-Cultural Literature in America
ENGL-381
African-American Literature
ENGL-389
Contemporary Poetry
Writing
ENGL-200
Writing in Context
ENGL-235
Introduction to Creative Writing I
ENGL-236
Introduction to Creative Writing II
ENGL-316 Forms
of Poetry
ENGL-335
Written Communication for Business
ENGL-376
Advanced Composition
ENGL-377
Argumentative Prose
ENGL-384
Creative Writing: Poetry I
ENGL-385
Creative Writing: Poetry II
ENGL-386
Creative Writing: Fiction I
ENGL-387
Creative Writing: Fiction II
TOTAL HOURS:
36
FREE
ELECTIVES: Choose
6 hours from any 200 or 300 literature or writing course offered by the
department, with the exception of Gen Ed courses (ENGL 201, 202, and
203).
**NOTE: While students
may not take more than 9 hours under any one category of DIRECTED ELECTIVES,
they may take 6 hours of FREE ELECTIVES from any category. Thus, it is possible
for students to create their own concentration of 15 hours in one category, such
as 15 hours in Writing or American Literature (9 hours of DIRECTED ELECTIVES + 6
hours of FREE ELECTIVES).
Senior Portfolio
Required
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